 ... trustworthy and serviceable class of domestic hall-keepers, or porters, for which Paris is remarkable. He polishes the stairs, polishes the banisters, polishes every thing he can lay his hands upon, and has generally polished his own manners too....  Transactions. Session Sixth, 1855-56 - Page 34by Architectural Institute of Scotland - 1856 - 201 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1856 - 606 pages
...generally polished his own manners too. He is shrewd, steady, observant, and can keep his own counsel withal. Every floor pays him a small fixed monthly...friend lives, and she, the portress on duty, takes all sorts of pains to make you understand her directions, if she sees there be any dullness in your foreign... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1856 - 602 pages
...generally polished his own manners too. He is shrewd, steady, observant, and can keep his own counsel withal. Every floor pays him a small fixed monthly...friend lives, and she, the portress on duty, takes all sorts of pains to make you understand her directions, if she sees there be any dullness in your foreign... | |
 | William Henry WILLS (Miscellaneous Writer.) - 1860 - 456 pages
...generally polished his own manners too. He is shrewd, steady, observant, and can keep his own counsel withal. Every floor pays him a small, fixed, monthly...friend lives, and she, the portress on duty, takes all sorts of pains to make you understand her directions, if she sees there be any dulness in your foreign... | |
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